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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. * He is…

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Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. * He was born in Hamburg, Germany, on May…

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John Adams

John Adams was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the…

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John A. Widtsoe

John Andreas Widtsoe was born on January 31, 1872, in Norway. * He immigrated to the United States with his family in 1880. * He…

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John Ajvide Lindqvist

John Ajvide Lindqvist is a Swedish author of horror, fantasy, and thriller novels. * He was born in Blackeberg, Stockholm,…

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John Anster

John Anster was an Irish poet and translator, born in Dublin in 1793. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he later…

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John Barrowman

John Barrowman is a Scottish-American actor, singer, and presenter. * He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1967. * He moved to…

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John Berger

John Berger was an English art critic, novelist, painter and poet. * He was born in London in 1926 and died in 2017. * His novel…

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John Berry

John Berry was born on September 6, 1917 in New York City. * He began his career as an actor, working with Orson Welles in the…

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John Berryman

John Berryman was born in Oklahoma in 1914. He attended Columbia University and Cambridge University. He taught at Wayne State…

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John Bingham

John Bingham was born in Mercer, Pennsylvania, in 1815. * He served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1855 to 1863 and…

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John Boyle O'Reilly

John Boyle O'Reilly was born in Ireland in 1844. * He was a poet, journalist, author, and activist. * He was a member of the…

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John Burroughs

John Burroughs was an American naturalist and nature essayist. * He was born in Roxbury, New York, in 1837. * He is best known…

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John Bytheway

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John Cage

John Cage was an American composer, music theorist, and philosopher. He was a pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic…

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John Calvin

John Calvin was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure…

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John Cheever

John Cheever was an American short story writer and novelist. * He was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, on May 27, 1912. * His work…

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John Chrysostom

John Chrysostom was born in Antioch, Syria in 347. He was a brilliant student and became a teacher of rhetoric. He was baptized…

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